Faucet



May 28, 1929.

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`atentr-zd May 28,

it if' BENJAMIN KAPLAN, ,or

BROOKLYN, New YORK.

FAUCET.

Application led J'uly 11,

This invention relates to an improvement in faucets and moreparticularly is directed to the construction thereof whichy will' permitthe insertion of the 'service pipe, generally provided for such faucets,intothe body of y the faucet, thereby to connect these parts directlywithout any reduction in the size of said service pipe. f

Au object of the invention is to provide a construction of a faucetwhereby the necessity of using intermediate reducing'eonnections,nipples, unions and the like is avoided, yet affording a strongconnection; easily made and cheap in its final construe- A furtherobject is to provide a'faueet having a chamber for the reception of theservice pipe generallyA provided for such faucets, and a means forpositively preventing any leakage at the connection of these twomembers.

Afm-ther object of the invention is to provide new and improved packingmember for use in connection with a faucet con- F struction of the typedescribed, designed to take up for any slight angularity -between theservice pipe leading` to such faucet constructions and the faucetitself.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in parthereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction,combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will beexemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and of which thescope ofV application will be indicated in the following claim;

n the accompanying drawing, in which is shown one of the variouspossible illustrative embodiments of this invention,

Fig. 1 isa side elevational view 'partly in section disclosing theinvention applied to a basin and connected with the service pipe in amanner hereinafter described;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view ofV the service pipe and faucetconnection; while Fig. 3 is a view showing the improved packing memberin detail.

On the drawing, the basin has mounted in an opening 11 thereof, a faucet12, connected inthe new and improved manner with the service pipe 13which has direct and unredueed connection with a supply pipe 14 leadingto a source of supply (not shown),

1927. Serial No. 204,809.

by means of which water or any other liquid may be delivered to faucet12 and drained into basin 10. l

Generally, in setting up basins and the like, and 'mounting faucets ofthe type well known in connection with such basins, it has been foundnecessary to reduce the size of the service pipe in some manner so thata connection might be made to the faucet. It Vhas also been found thatin. making these conneetions, the type of supplies necessarily used aresuch that, with a slight deviation in the line of connection between anL extending from the wall and connected with the supply pipe and thecenter line of thefaucet, a joint is produced which isnot positive inthe sense of being liquid tight, and which is weak from the view-pointthat, by taking up with a wrench, the metal of these connections isplaced under great stress at some one point, with resultant shearing ofthe metal, and the extra expenseof replacing the parts.

Also the pipes are of very small crosssection and either have to be madesmallwalled, in order that the .fiow of liquid be not restricted in toogreat a degree, or else are' brittle because of their small diameter.Furthermore, in making up such connections, it is necessary either thatthe plumber or fitter cut his pipe exactly to size or he will have thechoice of leaving a poorly finished job with the faucet not restingflush with the basin, if the pipe be too long, or if the pipe is tooshort, he must lcut a new piece of pipe, as otherwise he cannot make hisconnections. in this construction, however, these defects have beenavoided. as hereinafter pointed out.

The faucet 12 is provided with the customary socket member 15 madeeither square or of some other non-circular cross-section, by which thefaucet is positively positioned against rotary movement with respect tothe basin 10 when inserted intol the opening 11 which conforms in shapeto that of socket 15. Then by screwing up on the lock-nut 16, threadedlyretained onthe nipple 17 of the faucet spud, the faucet is positivelyretained against either rotary or vertical movement with respect to thebasin. This nipple 17 as shown in Fig. 1 is made of such length that itslower endl?a is arranged adjacent the lower surface 10a of basin 10 fora purpose hereinafter described. Said nipple further is constructed insuch manner that a passage 18 is provided therethrough, said passagecommunicating at its upper end 19 with the valve Carried at the lowerend 172L of the nipple 17 and tlireadedly engaged therewith is the gland22, provided with a cut-out surface Y position of portion 23 in which isadapted to be seated the new and improved packing member 24 hereinafterdescribed. By rotating the gland 22 in proper manner, the packing 24will'be compressedbetween the end 17 of nipple 17 and the surface 23 ofthe gland into contact with the wall of the service pipe 13, thusproviding a liquid-tight joint at this point. The

O'land- 22, due to tlie length of nipple 17 is sucIi that a wrench mayeasily begapplied thereto without discomfort to the me chanic intightening upon the pack-ing.

rIlhe packing 24 is made up in ellipsoidal form and is provided with anopening 26 therethrough., this opening being of such size that theservice pipe 13 will be received therethrough without any friction, thatis, the packing member 24 will be freelyv slidable along the pipe sothat a space would nor` mally be presented between the internal surface27 of the packing member and the Vexternal surface of the pipe 13. Whenthe gland 22 is tightened up on tliis'packing member,

' the packing member will be forced together and out against the pipe 13in providing this liquid-tight joint. This packing memberis made of anyelastic material so that the function described will be carried out.

vBy the provision of these different parts,

even if the center line of faucet 12 were notV directly aligned withthat of the pipe 13,A

still by the small clearance between the pipe 13 and the internalsurface of the passage 18, a slight play is allowed. In additionthereto, the new packing member 24 takes up for any deviation of centerlines in respect to the As various possible embodiments might be made ofthe above invention, and as various' changes might be made iii theembodiment above set forth, it is to be understood that all mattei'herein set vforth or shown in the accompanying drawing isto beinterpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I'Iaving t-lius described my invent-ion, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent In combination with a faucet spnd having anipple, a service pipe received in said nip'- ple, a packing glandcarried by said nipple and having a packing member for making a Y iliquid-tight joint with said serv-ice pipe, the internal diameters ofsaid gland and nipple being greater than the external diameter ofsaidservice pipe. p

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature.

BENJAMIN KAPLAN.

